Today I spent my first Father's Day as a father. My wife worked hard to make the day special and it started when she made me a nice breakfast. Then we spent the morning at church and then went out for a nice lunch at a place where I'd been longing to go for a while. The afternoon was spent at the pool eating ice cream and cookie cake.
I've become a dad, so what does Father's Day mean to me now? Well, I guess the day is really about appreciating my dad. I'd say the last 10 months saw all the hard work my parents did for my son. They have to work even harder now as my son Sawyer is moving around and getting into everything.
I've always appreciated the hard work my dad did, though I seldom talked about it. I come from many generations of blue-collar workers and three generations of workers of Ford Motor Company. My dad spent more than thirty years working at Ford and is still working for a city water department. I recall he would sometimes work seven days a week and sometimes until midnight. He seems to enjoy working with his hands and is good at cars and fixing things. I'm not nearly as good at cars as my dad. I spent one night working a midnight shift at an M&M factory and decided never to do it again.
Growing up I didn't have to worry about whether I'd have food to eat and now I still call my dad whenever my car makes a funny sound. Some of my sweetest memories are wrestling with my dad, and driving with him in his truck to Grandpa's with the windows down.
Thanks for working hard all those years and taking care of us, Dad.
54. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?
A. Why the author likes celebrating Father's Day.
B. What the author's wife wanted him to do on Father's Day.
C. How the author should have celebrated Father's Day.
D. How the author spent his first Father's Day as a father.
55. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that ________.
A. the author is too busy to look after his son
B. the author's parents help look after his little son
C. the author doesn't know what Father's Day really means
D. the author doesn't think looking after his son is a hard job
56. In Paragraph 3, the author mainly wants to tell us that ________.
A. He had a very difficult childhood
B. His dad is really good at repairing cars
C. His dad really deserves his appreciation
D. His dad should have changed his job
57. When the author was young, he ________.
A. was interested in fixing cars
B. felt the happiest at his grandpa's
C. sometimes suffered from hunger
D. had some great time with his father